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"As far as swinging a club, that's not going to happen until next year. I just don't have a choice," the world's No. 1 player, 32, said Tuesday in a message on his Web site.
"We simply don't know what type of swelling there would be or if there would be any residual effects the next day once you start wheeling and dealing on the knee," he states.
Shortly after his U.S. Open victory in June, Woods underwent surgery to repair an anterior cruciate ligament (or ACL), one of the four major ligaments of the knee.
"Everyone's body reacts differently. I could putt right now, but I'm not going to do it," says Woods.
Looking ahead, "I don't know what the doctors are going to tell me about playing golf down the road. I'm taking it day-to-day, week-to-week. All I'm doing every day is looking forward to my next day."
Then again, Woods has given no indication that he won't be up for the challenge of the 2009 Masters, Golf magazine reports.
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